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Trump Mobile says customer data was exposed online
Trump Mobile said customers’ names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers and order identifiers were exposed to the open internet.
Names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers and order identifiers were exposed to the open internet, Trump Mobile has confirmed.
Chris Walker, a spokesperson for the Trump-branded phone maker, told TechCrunch that the company is investigating the exposure and has not found evidence that content or financial information spilled online. He also said there was no breach of Trump Mobile’s network, systems, or infrastructure.
The exposure was linked to a third-party platform provider that supports “certain Trump Mobile operations,” Walker said. He did not name the provider.
Trump Mobile’s admission followed reports earlier this week that customers’ data was publicly accessible from the web.
On Wednesday, two YouTubers who ordered Trump Mobile’s phone said a researcher alerted them that their personal information was exposed online. Coffeezilla and penguinz0 said they tried to alert Trump Mobile after the researcher also tried, but to no avail.
Walker said Trump Mobile is evaluating whether it needs to notify customers of the exposure of their personal data.
